[ Power-hungry assholes all across the universe. Yay. ]

They'd argue that whatever they did, they did for the betterment of mankind, no matter the atrocity. It turns out that ideal is pretty subjective.

[ If she sounds bitter, it's because she is. Velvet's gaze drifts over the crowd around them; they are like two dark fish out of water. ]

Hard to protect people from themselves, isn't it. I usually don't bother trying.